PhoenixTeam

PhoenixTeam Enabling homeownership through technology. Phoenix provides overall leadership and guidance to our clients’ most important efforts.

Formed in 2015, PhoenixTeam is a professional services company focused on full lifecycle opportunity management, software product management, and technology solution delivery. Formed by three partners with an extensive work history together, Phoenix is the realization of a 15-year mission to build a team-based approach for serving the needs of federal and commercial clients. Our team of managing p

artners has over 15 years of experience apiece in our practice areas. Whether we are managing your bid submission, running complex technology implementations, or helping get a troubled project back on track, our private and federal clients alike are confident that we understand the full project life cycle, and will lead their effort from the initiation and planning phases to completion.

Getting real value from AI starts with knowing where to focus adoption and having the experience to take the right oppor...
08/31/2026

Getting real value from AI starts with knowing where to focus adoption and having the experience to take the right opportunities further.

Join Mortgage Bankers Association and PhoenixTeam for the AI Mortgage Practitioner Course, a three-day live, virtual training built to help mortgage professionals turn that potential into action across their work and organization.

From foundational AI and real-world use cases to prompt engineering, risk management, deployment, ROI, and more, you’ll learn how to move from experimentation toward AI that can be tested, governed, measured, and sustained.

Build the capability to help shape where AI goes next in your organization.

Space is limited. Save your spot ↓
https://www.mba.org/conferences-and-education/event/2026/09/01/default-calendar/ai-mortgage-practitioner-september-2026-81948

A few packed days at the MISMO Fall Summit made for a week well spent with the people helping move mortgage forward. Acr...
08/31/2026

A few packed days at the MISMO Fall Summit made for a week well spent with the people helping move mortgage forward.

Across the Summit, our team was deep in the work of turning industry needs into standards that can actually be put into practice. We brought our experience into those conversations, working through the challenges behind implementation and helping build greater alignment around the work ahead.

That’s what continues to make these Summits so valuable. The opportunity to be in the room with the people doing this work every day, get into the hard parts, and make real progress together.

Huge thank you to MISMO and everyone who connected with us!

A question for every leader headed to Five Star: when AI absorbs the entry-level tasks people used to learn on, where do...
08/28/2026

A question for every leader headed to Five Star: when AI absorbs the entry-level tasks people used to learn on, where does your next generation of talent come from?

We spent the summer putting that question into practice. 24 interns worked across four departments on real business challenges, and the program is already creating a pipeline into continued internships and full-time roles at Phoenix.

At the Five Star Conference & Expo, Tela Mathias and Josh Christianson are bringing that conversation to the stage with AI Human Futures and sharing what we learned about preparing the next generation for an AI-first workplace.

Human Futures is our human-first, educator-led, employer-connected approach to giving young people meaningful experience with AI while strengthening the thinking, creativity, judgment, and human skills that become even more valuable alongside it.

Find us at Five Star, or get involved at aifutures.com.

Generative AI dominates every mortgage conversation right now, and the pressure to keep up is intense. The real challeng...
08/26/2026

Generative AI dominates every mortgage conversation right now, and the pressure to keep up is intense. The real challenge is separating measurable operational value from the marketing hype.

At the 2026 Five Star Conference, PhoenixTeam CTO Tela G. Mathias and four other industry professionals will lead the Mortgage AI FOMO panel, a strategic session for originators, subservicers, and asset managers who want a clear-eyed path forward. The is centered around the places where AI is already producing real efficiency gains, from automated data extraction to MISMO alignment to predictive risk analytics.

Leaders will walk away with an honest read on whether their organization is ready for AI, a way to graduate from one-off experiments to tools that scale in production, and a shortlist of the workflows where the payoff comes fastest.

Don’t miss this session at the Five Star Conference and Expo!

When MISMO gets to work, so does PhoenixTeam. The MISMO Fall Summit is right around the corner, and our team has a packe...
08/21/2026

When MISMO gets to work, so does PhoenixTeam.

The MISMO Fall Summit is right around the corner, and our team has a packed agenda of hands-on work to help move mortgage standards forward.

Throughout the week, they’ll be driving progress across key MISMO Development Workgroups and Communities of Practice, collaborating with industry leaders to build and strengthen the frameworks that keep the industry efficient and connected.

Backed by more than 15 years of MISMO experience, our team brings a practical perspective to the table, shaped by years of helping organizations navigate, implement, and get more value from MISMO standards.

Check out the full workgroup schedule below to see where you can find our team throughout the week.

If you’ll be there, let’s connect!

Learn more about MISMO Fall Summit: https://www.mismo.org/events-education/mismo-summit

PhoenixTeam is headed to the MISMO Fall Summit! As a MISMO-certified business, we bring both deep standards expertise an...
08/20/2026

PhoenixTeam is headed to the MISMO Fall Summit! As a MISMO-certified business, we bring both deep standards expertise and hands-on experience applying those standards across complex mortgage technology and modernization efforts.

We understand the standards, but more importantly, we understand what it takes to put them into practice. Our team works alongside lenders, servicers, and technology providers to translate MISMO standards into scalable solutions that support real business and technology outcomes.

We’re looking forward to connecting with the industry in Reston and continuing to help move mortgage standards forward.

If you’re attending, be sure to connect with Becky, Erin, Kelly, and Leeann!

📢 And stay tuned for PhoenixTeam’s full workgroup schedule to see where our team will be contributing throughout the week.

There’s still time to register! Tomorrow, join Mortgage Bankers Association and PhoenixTeam for Vibe Coding for Mortgage...
08/19/2026

There’s still time to register! Tomorrow, join Mortgage Bankers Association and PhoenixTeam for Vibe Coding for Mortgage Professionals and explore a more intuitive way to build with AI.

Using AI-assisted tools like Claude Code and Replit, you’ll turn real, everyday workflow challenges into working prototypes using AI and natural language. No complex coding required.

Automate a repetitive task. Simplify a process. Test an idea for a tool you wish existed. You’ll learn how to go from idea to prototype quickly, experiment as you build, and discover practical ways to put vibe coding to work in your day-to-day role.

Bring your curiosity and an idea you’ve been wanting to try. You might be surprised by how quickly you can build it.

Space is limited, save your spot today: https://www.mba.org/conferences-and-education/event/2026/08/20/default-calendar/ai-vibe-coding-august-2026-81943

08/18/2026

Give young people the tools to build with AI, and there’s no telling where their curiosity will take them. 🚀

That’s the idea behind Human Futures, a PhoenixTeam initiative focused on helping young people build the skills, confidence, and judgment to thrive in an AI-shaped world.

At AI Builder Week, the ideas our young builders came up with were entirely their own. They learned how AI works and how to use it as a tool without handing over the thinking.

There were lots of questions, plenty of experimenting, a lot of laughter, and the excitement of taking an idea that existed only in their imagination and making it real.

And they discovered something even bigger: AI can open up new possibilities, but the ideas, judgment, and creativity are still theirs.

A week that started with “Could I build that?” became “I can build that!”

Take a look inside AI Builder Week and learn how to get involved at www.aifutures.com.

The PhoenixTeam crew is showing up in a big way at the Five Star Conference & Expo! If you’re attending, keep an eye out...
08/17/2026

The PhoenixTeam crew is showing up in a big way at the Five Star Conference & Expo!

If you’re attending, keep an eye out for our team, Tela Mathias, Tanya Brennan, Laura MacIntyre, Shawn Burke, Josh Christianson, and Carrie Tackett will all be on the ground and ready to dig into the work moving the mortgage industry forward.

And we won’t just be in the crowd, we’ll be front and center across three sessions; exploring AI, how it’s reshaping the way we work, and what it takes to make the most of the opportunities ahead.

Check out our session line up and stay tuned for more details to come ↓

Mortgage AI FOMO🏡 — Tela Mathias
Vibe Coding With AI 🤖 —Tela Mathias
AI Human Futures📝— Tela Mathias & Josh Christianson

See The Full Agenda: https://www.fivestarconference.com/2026/agenda

The HousingWire AI Summit gave us a lot to think about, and even more to be excited about. This industry is moving fast...
08/13/2026

The HousingWire AI Summit gave us a lot to think about, and even more to be excited about.

This industry is moving fast. AI is no longer a side conversation. Teams are thinking seriously about how it changes the way we work, serve customers, make decisions, and build what comes next.

What was most exciting was the willingness to challenge old ways of doing things and actually imagine something better.

A great few days with Tela Gallagher Mathias, Tanya Brennan, and Laura MacIntyre, connecting with people who are helping push the industry forward.

We’re leaving Dallas with plenty of ideas. Now comes the fun part: putting them to work.

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